April 10, 2017 AT 12:15 pm

Let someone else debate whether the Touch Bar is a useful innovation or not. If you’ve got a new MacBook Pro, why not put it to good use?

…the cleverest use I’ve seen yet for music isn’t in a music app. It’s in this little custom MIDI controller. It’s free, and it works with everything. Because it’s consistent, you can learn your particular layout. And because it’s everywhere your MacBook Pro is, it’s useful for tests on the road.

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